Hack the planet!
The groups doing this are not digital robin hoods, they are criminals using computers rather than guns.
Yes, no one likes casinos as they profit off people’s addictions but these gangs that did this attack will use their skills against any target they can. Today a casino, tomorrow a hospital, school or whom ever they can.
I’m pretty sure plenty of people like casinos.
Pay the ransom!
- Ceasers board members
This is the best summary I could come up with:
LAS VEGAS (AP) — MGM Resorts brought to an end a 10-day computer shutdown prompted by efforts to shield from a cyberattack data including hotel reservations and credit card processing, the casino giant said Wednesday, as analysts and academics measured the effects of the event.
It said that its casino and online operations were not disrupted but it could not guarantee that personal information about tens of millions of customers, including driver’s licenses and Social Security numbers of loyalty rewards members, had not been compromised.
“MGM Resorts properties in Las Vegas and throughout the country are back to normal operations,” spokesman Brian Ahern told The Associated Press.
FBI spokeswoman Sandra Breault in Las Vegas declined to comment and referred to a previous statement by the agency saying an investigation was ongoing.
Experts said the attacks exposed critical cybersecurity weaknesses at MGM and Caesars and shattered an image of casino invulnerability.
“Caesars Entertainment’s decision to pay the ransom highlighted a lack of confidence and investment in their cyber defenses,” Plaggemier said.
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